Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Turn programme activity into evidence you can trust.
About this course
Turn programme activity into evidence you can trust. Over five days you will build a theory of change and results framework, write SMART indicators with baselines and targets, and put together a practical M&E plan with the tools to collect good-quality data.
You will then analyse quantitative and qualitative data, choose suitable evaluation designs, and report findings in a way that helps managers and partners learn, adapt and show accountability.
What you'll learn
- Explain the purpose of monitoring and evaluation across the programme cycle
- Build a results framework and theory of change for a programme
- Design SMART indicators with baselines, targets and means of verification
- Develop a practical M&E plan and data collection tools
- Select suitable evaluation designs and methods for different questions
- Analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative programme data
- Report findings clearly and use them for learning and decision-making
Curriculum
- Monitoring versus evaluation
- M&E across the programme cycle
- Accountability and learning
- Roles and responsibilities in M&E
- Building a theory of change
- Results chains: inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact
- Assumptions and risks
- The logical framework matrix
- SMART indicators
- Quantitative and qualitative indicators
- Baselines and targets
- Means of verification
- Indicator reference sheets
- Structuring an M&E plan
- Data sources and frequency
- Budgeting and staffing for M&E
- Indicator tracking tables
- Surveys and questionnaire design
- Interviews and focus group discussions
- Observation and document review
- Sampling basics
- Digital data collection
- Dimensions of data quality
- Data quality checks and assessments
- Informed consent and confidentiality
- Do no harm and safeguarding in data collection
- Cleaning and organising data
- Descriptive analysis
- Coding qualitative data
- Triangulating findings
- Types of evaluation: formative, mid-term, final and impact
- Evaluation criteria and questions
- Choosing evaluation methods
- Writing terms of reference
- Writing monitoring and evaluation reports
- Visualising data
- Tailoring messages to audiences
- Presenting results to stakeholders
- Using findings for decision-making
- Learning reviews and after-action reviews
- Management responses to evaluations
- Building an M&E culture
Who it's for
Programme officers, project managers and M&E staff in NGOs, development agencies and public bodies.
Before you start
- Some experience working on or supporting programmes or projects
Prepares for
Part of these Alalamia diplomas
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